Recycle BC is a not-for-profit organization that provides residential recycling services to households across British Columbia. We are the first full extended producer responsibility (EPR) program for packaging and paper product in North America, where producers are fully responsible for both the financing and operation of the province-wide residential recycling system.
We ensure residential materials are collected from households and depots, sorted and responsibly recycled. We educate residents and manage both collection and post-collection material regeneration. We provide these services through curbside, multi-family and/or depot services, either directly to communities or by working in partnership with local governments, First Nations, private companies, and other not-for-profit organizations. Over 200 residential communities participate in our recycling collection program and more are serviced by our recycling depot partnerships. Each year, over 200,000 tonnes of material enter our collection network from households and depots across BC, to be responsibly recycled.